Senior Standard Costing & Transformation Lead

Pacific International Lines (PTE) Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific International Lines (PTE) Ltd in Singapore seeks a Senior Finance leader to own the standard cost basis, cost engine and cost model across PIL services. You will lead the organisation transformation, Phase 1 and Phase 2 transitions, and drive a revamp of the COA engine as business owner with governance over requirements, testing and cutover.

Key focus on delivering operational efficiency, building shared services for transactional activities, and ensuring accuracy in cost and invoice

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level education in related finance or maritime fields, professional qualification preferred.
• 10–12 years in standard costing or related finance roles with 3+ years leading teams.
• Shipping or liner industry experience and understanding of service and cost drivers.
• Proven ability to lead finance-system transformation and establish shared services.

Responsibilities

• Own the cost basis for pricing and order intake. Own the standard cost engine, calculation rules, cost assignment methodology and standard cost model across PIL services.
• Lead the organisation transformation and reorganisation. Lead Phase 1 transfer of scope, people, processes, system access, controls, documentation and knowledge from TDP into Finance through stable operation.
• Lead the standard cost (COA) engine revamp as business owner. Define the target design, phasing and roadmap; sign off business requirements and functional specifications; accept solution design; own testing; parallel-run acceptance; cutover and stabilisation.
• Deliver operational-efficiency improvement initiatives. Identify, prioritise and deliver automation, process simplification, reduced manual intervention and rework reduction.
• Build shared services for transactional activities. Define the transactional scope, operating procedures, controls, service levels and quality measures; lead knowledge transfer and stabilisation.
• Co-own invoice-processing outcomes. Co-own with Cost Performance & Business Partnering the integrity and timeliness of invoice processing; lead development of detection models for late, missing, duplicated or mis-coded invoices.
• Own system-output accuracy and anomaly detection. Direct routine validation of outputs entering pricing and the Liner Proforma P&L; drive root-cause investigation with ISD.
• Endorse release and quantify commercial impact. Review and endorse rates and model changes before release; communicate impacts in advance.
• Act as joint custodian of the common cost taxonomy. Approve taxonomy changes; maintain controlled version and remediate misalignment.
• Hold the post-handover EMD interface. Define the protocol for empty-cost outputs; quantify pricing consequences of changes.
• Direct cost accuracy and variance investigation. Improve standard-cost accuracy and quantify margin leakage; partner on variance remediation.
• Partner Trade, Line Controlling and management. Substantiate the cost basis behind rates and provide sensitivities for deployment decisions.

Skills

Costing expertise

Financial transformation

Leadership

Change management

Strategic planning

Education

Tertiary Education in Accounting, Finance, Maritime, Data Science, Statistics, Business

Job description

Pacific International Lines (PTE) Ltd in Singapore seeks a Senior Finance leader to own the standard cost basis, cost engine and cost model across PIL services. You will lead the organisation transformation, Phase 1 and Phase 2 transitions, and drive a revamp of the COA engine as business owner with governance over requirements, testing and cutover.

Key focus on delivering operational efficiency, building shared services for transactional activities, and ensuring accuracy in cost and invoice